St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church is a 20th-century Roman Catholic church constructed of orange-red brick with a red pantiled roof on deep eaves. The building uses reinforced concrete construction, with concrete glazing to the main elevations and smaller windows of steel. The church is oriented with its gabled south elevation facing Cromwell Road, featuring a tall corner tower to the right. The main entrance is recessed and features a large window with an angular pointed head and rectilinear concrete glazing, topped by a projecting flat-roofed storm porch with triple angular-headed openings. The inner doors are paired with lozenge-pattern glazing. To the left of the gable is a two-bay entrance elevation for the Presbytery, which connects to an adjacent terrace. The tall tower has narrow upper steel windows and narrow louvred belfry lights, culminating in a rectangular open cupola with small cardinal gablets and a copper-clad crucifix finial. A projecting east transept has a full-height angular-headed concrete gable window divided into four bays. A four-bay, single-storey flat-roofed aisle sits between the transept and the tower, with the two central bays recessed and featuring single light steel windows. The clerestory stage consists of four bays with large concrete windows divided by pilaster strips. The west side, partly screened by the Presbytery and Fairfax Road, is similar in appearance, though featuring smaller windows in the transept gable rather than a large window. The north elevation displays the rear gable of the nave and a lower projecting sanctuary with a hipped roof.

The church has a cruciform plan, incorporating a large nave, transeptal projections containing side chapels with balconies above, and a short, narrow sanctuary with slightly splayed walls. The roof is simple in design. The interior features seven-bay arcades with concrete angular arches. Projecting balconies are positioned to the left and right of the nave, above the chapels, with concrete fronts and open loops. A low wall with central steps separates the nave from the sanctuary, leading to an angular-headed arch. A free-standing altar is set on steps within a large timber baldacchino. A rear gallery has a projecting centre with a timber glazed screen and central doors. A circular font made of green granite is also present. A large south-facing window from 1963, created by Jonah Jones, depicts St Patrick. Hanging mosaics on the rear sanctuary wall portray Christ in Majesty and the emblems of the Evangelists, also by Jones.